Culture & Entertainment
- Carla Jeffery, Disney’s ‘Zombies’ Actress, Dies at 33
Jeffery also had recurring roles in shows such as 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Southland.'
- ‘The Sun Never Sets’ Review: Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson Split, Maybe, in Joe Swanberg’s Unsatisfying Romcom
Long past his sexually explicit enfant terrible mumblecore origins, writer-director Joe Swanberg continues his ongoing experiments in honoring the romantic comedy’s conventional satisfactions while expanding its sexual parameters with “The Sun Never Sets.” Wendy (Dakota Fanning) has been dating sedate single dad Jack (…
- Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed
Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award The Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins joins American investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and bestselling historian Ben Macintyre on this year’s Baillie Gifford pr…
- Should Hollywood Embrace Religion? Young Audiences Crave Complex Spiritual Characters and Plotlines That Challenge Faith, New Study Shows
Could Hollywood entice younger audiences by having a little faith? A surprising new Future of Faith study from The Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) at UCLA suggests that both Gen Z and Gen Alpha crave realistic and complex depictions of religion and spirituality in their entertainment that go beyond stereotypes…
- Ryan Reynolds Praises ‘The Odyssey’ After Passing ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ to Become Biggest R-Rated Movie Ever: ‘Christopher Nolan Literally Breathes The Rarest Air on Earth’
Hollywood is living through “the friggin’ salad days,” as Ryan Reynolds puts it, after experiencing the biggest summer at the box office since COVID, thanks to blockbusters like “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey.” Last month, the “Deadpool” star personally congratulated the cast and crew of “The Odyssey” for…
- Carla Jeffery, Actress in Disney Channel’s ‘Zombies,’ Dies at 33
Carla Jeffery, who played the cheerleader Bree in the Disney Channel’s 2018 movie “Zombies” and several spin-offs, died Sept. 1. She was 33. Her management company, Alexanders Talent, posted about her death on Instagram, but did not give a cause of death. “Our hearts are broken as we mourn the loss of our beloved Carla…
- Poetic Justice: Tupac’s Murder Case and Why the Notorious B.I.G.’s May Remain Unsolved
Keffe D's conviction for the death of Shakur has many questioning if Biggie's murder will ever receive closure
- ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Shot Without a Finished Script, but Co-Director Joe Russo Says ‘We Always View’ the Screenplay as a ‘Living Organism’
“Avengers: Doomsday” going into production without a finished script did not faze directors Joe and Anthony Russo. As the former recently told the Associated Press: “We always view the script as a living organism.” “We’re improvisation-based, rehearsal-based directors,” Joe maintained. “We like to see what the actors b…
- ‘I'd be the last to know’: Stars of The Gentlemen react to Meghan reports
The world premiere for series 2 of the Netflix drama took place on Wednesday night in London.
- Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-Winning Jazz Musician, Dies at 70
Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70. Wilson’s longtime manager Robert Torre shared with WBGO that Wilson died early Wednesday morning in Jackson, Mississippi. A cause of death was not given. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Cassandr…
- Jenna Dewan Defends ‘DWTS’ Casting Amid Backlash: ‘Step Up’ Star and Ex-Janet Jackson Backup Dancer Says ‘I Do Not Know How to Ballroom Dance’
When the cast of “Dancing With the Stars” Season 35 was announced on Wednesday morning, a few of the names raised eyebrows among fans of the reality competition series. The most controversial casting, perhaps, is Jenna Dewan, a professional dancer who started her career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson and starred…
- T-Mobile Fiber Deals: Here’s How to Make the Home Internet Switch Online
Fall football season is here — now is the best time to save big on blazing-fast home internet speeds
- New ‘Transformers’ Animated Short ‘Optimus Prime: Awakening’ Heads to Theaters – Film News in Brief
“The Transformers: The Movie” is returning to theaters internationally from Sept. 17 to 22 for the animated feature’s 40th anniversary. To celebrate, there will be a new animated short “Optimus Prime: Awakening,” to play after the original 1986 film. The 12-minute feature follows the original film’s storyline and serve…
- Hotel Cipriani Books Chic New Guest: Dior Spa
The Venice Film Festival grind got you down? Never fear, Dior is there with a new wellness hideaway.
- Here’s Where You Can Still Find Tickets to Michelle Branch’s Sold-Out Tour
Branch is marking 25 years of her breakout album, The Spirit Room , with a new EP and a tour across the country
- Sally, When the Stubs Run Out: How to Find Last-Minute Ticket Deals to Role Model’s ‘Chuck on Tour’
If you've been waiting for your chance to see the viral musician live, there are still ways to score seats without paying the wildest resale prices
- Nike’s Second NFL Rivalries Collection Adds 8 New Teams to Its Roster
The Bears, Colts, Jaguars and five other NFL franchises are getting their own special-edition Nike gear, including Air Max sneakers, jerseys, and hats
- Jack O’Connell’s Ruthless Tabloid Editor in ‘Ink’ Fires Up Venice as Danny Boyle Drama Earns Warm 4-Minute Ovation
Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night with the splashy premiere of “Ink,” an explosive drama from director Danny Boyle about the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid empire. The film, which stars Jack O’Connell as The Sun editor Larry Lamb and Guy Pearce as media mogul Rupert Murdoch, was met with a short-but-…
- Tim Curry’s Cause of Death Revealed
A cause of death has been confirmed for “Rocky Horror Picture Show” star Tim Curry, a week after his death at 80. The actor’s main cause of death was coronary artery disease, People magazine reported. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health also listed a history of stroke and kidney cancer as contributing fa…
- Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-Winning Jazz Singer, Dead at 70
Vocalist blended jazz with pop music repertoire and was famous for putting refreshing, unusual spins on well-known songs
- Dollywood Developing ‘Several New Experiences’ to Honor Dolly Parton
Dollywood Parks & Resorts will reflect on the life and legacy of its founder in the wake of her death
- ‘Furious’ Creator Liz Meriwether on the Season 1 Finale, Funny FBI Agents, and Farting Babies
The showrunner takes us inside the making of her acclaimed crime procedural-thriller and the challenges of writing about abuse and trauma. Plus: What’s in store for Season Two
- Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch Drama ‘Ink’ Gives Venice a Rollicking Start on Opening Night
Guy Pearce stars as Rupert Murdoch opposite Jack O’Connell’s Larry Lamb in Danny Boyle's Venice opener, which chronicles the transformation of ‘The Sun’ into Britain’s dominant tabloid.
- Dollywood Unveils Plans for 2027 in-Park Tributes and Resort Expansion
Dolly would be telling us to get back to work. She knew what she wanted Dollywood to be," the theme park's president Eugene Naughton said during a press conference on Wednesday.
- ‘The Gentlemen’: Theo James Calls Meghan Markle Casting Reports “A Lot of Hot Air”
Yet the actor is still not closing the door on the possibility.
- ‘Voicemails for Isabelle’ Director Leah McKendrick on the Staying Power of the Romantic Comedy
The Netflix film premiered earlier this summer and has been going strong on the streamer.
- Here’s What Stevie Nicks and Olivia Rodrigo Sing on the ‘Practical Magic 2’ Soundtrack
After the two singers’ “Landslide” duet, Sandra Bullock teased that their “angel voices” appear on the upcoming sequel
- Hollywood, Horsepower and Parmigiano Fuel the Ultimate Venice Side Quest
Ninety minutes from Venice, the locations behind Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati: The Brothers intersect with Chef Massimo Bottura, aged balsamic, cheese and Lambrusco.
- King hails 'unprecedented' Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London
British and French leaders will be at the British Museum to see the exhibition of the historic Bayeux Tapestry.
- Billy Ray Cyrus Says Miley Dropping Last Name Is a “Natural Progression for an Iconic Superstar Legend”
The Grammy winner shifted her social media users to merely "Miley," cutting the "Cyrus."
- George Clooney Challenges Authoritarians in Powerful Speech in Venice: “Stories Are Always Dangerous to People Who Peddle in Fear”
Laura Dern presented the Hollywood star with Venice’s career honor during Wednesday’s opening ceremony with a little help from his famous friends like Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler and Steven Soderbergh.
- Ink review – Danny Boyle turns the birth of the Sun into a lurid tabloid frenzy
Venice film festival Jack O’Connell is terrific as editor Larry Lamb in James Graham’s tale of Rupert Murdoch, Page 3 and the newspaper that transformed Fleet Street Danny Boyle presents us with a lurid, violent and thumpingly unsubtle movie full of Dutch angles, cartoony shocks and gargoyle closeups. It’s a chapter in…
- Female film-makers still being squeezed out of industry, London film festival director says
Over 40% of films in LFF programme are female-made, but only two of 21 gala films are directed by women Female film-makers are still being squeezed out of the industry as they progress beyond their debut films, the director of the London film festival has said, adding that “the dial does not seem to be moving”. Kristy…
- The Other Bennet Sister wraps filming Christmas special
The producer of the show tells fans online that filming has finished for three special episodes.
- Quidditch, Muggles, magic: new Harry Potter trailer gives full look at TV show
HBO’s extended trailer reveals more details of JK Rowling’s wizarding world coming to screens this Christmas The second official trailer has been released for HBO ’s forthcoming TV adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Starring newcomer Dominic McLaughlin in the lead role, the new trailer gives an ext…
- Rupert Murdoch ‘very happy’ that Guy Pearce plays him in Fleet Street biopic Ink
Actor says the press baron’s daughter Elisabeth told him her father was pleased, ‘but he hadn’t seen the film at that point’ Rupert Murdoch is “very happy” that he’s being portrayed by Guy Pearce in a new film about the origins of British tabloid the Sun, the Australian actor has said. Speaking at the Venice film festi…
- Mayday review – Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh set cold war bromance alight
An American fighter pilot teams up with a retired KGB officer for hijinks and hilarity in Soviet Russia Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in this goofy but entertaining action-comedy bromance set in the cold war 80s, when it seemed every red-blooded young guy in America adored Top Gun and wanted to be a US Navy fi…
- Lizzo 'grateful' after judge dismisses lawsuit against production company
The About Damn Time singer says she is "relieved" at the outcome and will "continue to fight" every claim.
- ‘He’s a good man’: George Clooney defends Mark Ruffalo in Paramount-Warner Bros merger row
‘I worry whenever big companies are consolidating,’ Clooney said at Venice film festival, supporting Ruffalo’s right to criticise the deal amid antisemitism accusations George Clooney has defended Mark Ruffalo’s right to criticise the proposed $111bn Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery , saying he is concerned…
- The Eyes Wide Shut conspiracy theory: did someone cut a crucial 20 minutes from Kubrick’s final movie?
For years some have claimed a key part of the thriller was excised after the director’s sudden death – and that it provided clues to the real-life behaviour of rich predators. Now, his daughter has spoken out Name: The Eyes Wide Shut conspiracy Age: The erotic psychological thriller Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise a…
- Was Paul Mescal being ‘not masculine enough’ the reason Gladiator II flopped?
Mescal’s nuanced performance in Ridley Scott’s belated sequel has been blamed by some for the film’s box office underperformance. May I suggest Jason Statham for Gladiator III? As you may be aware, The Dog Stars has not been particularly well received. Reviews have been lukewarm to poor and in its opening weekend, Ridl…
- ‘Intoxicating mix of humour, high camp and danger’: Tim Curry remembered
Guardian readers share memories of actor best known for roles in The Rocky Horror Show and Stephen King’s It I first saw him in the 1978 series Will Shakespeare, where he played Shakespeare alongside Nicholas Clay. Two very classy actors who, whatever the value of the programme, made me want to know more about the man…
- Maggie Gyllenhaal says film industry has a ‘systemic problem’ with sexism
Speaking at the opening of the Venice film festival, the actor-director addressed why the jury of which she is chair will only be shown two films made by female film-makers Maggie Gyllenhaal said there is a “systemic problem” that explains why only two female directors are in the running for the Golden Lion at the Veni…
- Messy, clever and can barely conceal its rage: is Furious the most outstanding TV show of the year?
The story of a serial killer taking revenge on the rich predatory men who abused her just earned a fantastic finale. With career-defining acting, daring Epstein parallels and super dark comedy, it’s a total must-watch You could easily watch the first few minutes of Furious without knowing that it would turn out to be s…
- Fall 2: Deadpoint review – silly seat-edge sequel can’t reach heights of the original
There are just about enough hand-over-mouth moments to please thrill-seekers in this B-movie follow-up but eyerolls soon prevail There was plenty of silliness but also plenty of suspense in 2022’s modestly successful don’t-look-down thriller Fall , a surprisingly well-made micro-budget marvel that ultimately found its…
- From petrol pump attendant to Dylan-feted rocker and Judd Apatow muse: the delightfully unlikely life of Graham Parker
Fifty years ago Parker was hailed as rock’s next big thing, but he picked a different path: cult records, a Hollywood diversion, an aversion to stardom. Ahead of a UK tour, he looks back at his strange trajectory To say Graham Parker enjoyed a swift rise to fame is an understatement. He played his first live show with…
- Joey Ramone smiling! And having fun! At the beach! Roberta Bayley’s best photograph
‘Joey didn’t surf. And he didn’t like this photo. He said, “You made my legs look thin.” Like it was my fault he had skinny legs’ The first band I ever saw were the Beatles, on 19 August 1964 at the Cow Palace Arena near San Francisco. I was 13. I remember every 29 minutes of it: 17,000 screaming girls making a deafeni…
- ‘Everything countercultural is doomed, isn’t it?’ Sofie Royer, the bracingly brilliant pop star pondering life’s big questions
Referencing Tarkovsky and French theory, the Austrian-Iranian singer is writing some of today’s wittiest music – though she’s ‘too pop for the art world, too indie-darling for the mainstream’ You wait ages for a brilliant pop song about film-making and then two come along at once. Following on from Charli xcx’s Camera…
- Transforming toxic: a new vision for urban waterways takes shape in Brooklyn – in photos
Designers are rethinking one of New York City’s most polluted sites with climate adaptation and community benefits The Guardian receives support for visual climate coverage from the Outrider Foundation . The Guardian’s coverage is editorially independent Continue reading...
- ‘It always comes around’: fans react to conviction in Tupac Shakur’s murder 30 years later
Rapper’s supporters reflect on ‘astonishing’ events leading to Duane Davis being found guilty over 1996 fatal shooting A criminal conviction this week in the murder of Tupac Shakur , the first since the rapper was gunned down in 1996, sent shock waves through his sea of fans who have waited three decades for answers. D…
- ‘He was always a bit of a groundbreaker’: David Bowie enters a new dimension in ‘extended reality’ documentary
Hundreds of unseen images of the star feature at the Venice film festival, alongside virtual worlds exploring wildfires, wolves and the birth of stars David Bowie shares the bill with starmen, firefighters and Walt Disney wolves at the 10th anniversary edition of Venice Immersive, the film festival’s pioneering showcas…
- Watch: Amol Rajan says goodbye to Today programme
In an emotional message, Rajan thanked his family, team and listeners as he said goodbye to the programme.
- Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to historical sex offence charges
The former singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, appeared at Southwark Crown Court via video.
- Film about enigmatic aristocrat up for six Bafta Cymru awards
The Bafta Cymru awards nominations include Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me, Mr Burton and Cleddau.
- The opposite of ‘damsels in distress’: how TV fell in love with female gangsters
The ruthless female characters of The Gentlemen, Beef and Peaky Blinders bring new depth to the evil matriarch stereotype Television loves a gangster story – and apparently so does the Duchess of Sussex. This week, Netflix’s The Gentlemen – Guy Ritchie ’s latest addition to the gangster canon, which stars Theo James as…
- Star Wars Zero Company review – joyfully absurd heroics with a tight-knit team of misfits
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PC; Bit Reactor Split priorities between scripted and emergent story moments hamper an otherwise brilliant Star Wars-themed successor to XCOM Even if you’re unfamiliar with the term “emergent storytelling”, you’ve likely experienced some of the unscripted tales that can bubble up out of…
- Fontaines D.C.'s frontman on why he wore semi-pro football club's shirt at Reading Festival
The club says sales of the shirt almost doubled after it was worn by Fontaines D.C frontman Grian Chatten.
- Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings by Jared Diamond review – how to change the course of history
The author of Guns, Germs and Steel falters in this flawed study of whether individuals really make a difference Early in this book, Jared Diamond proudly introduces “what I term ‘the Hamlet test’”, which helps decide whether prominent individuals really make a difference, or whether others might have done just as well…
- Oasis, auteurs and seven hours of Bertolucci: 12 unmissable movies at the Venice film festival
A backstage peek at the reunion tour and a new film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong are among this year’s most anticipated – plus offerings from Danny Boyle, Luca Guadagnino, Martin McDonagh and more Danny Boyle’s movie, adapted by James Graham from his own play , is a primal scene of modern Britain and its agonie…
- Turning Point: Generation 9/11 review – nothing about that day has lost its power to shock or harrow the soul
The attacks changed the world as we know it – and now, 25 years on, this heartbreaking Netflix film shares 9/11 recordings and memories from the bereaved that stop time in its tracks It is 25 years since two planes, sent by Osama bin Laden as the head of the terrorist organisation al-Qaida, flew into the North and Sout…
- Ukrainian film-maker criticises EU after it cuts Venice Biennale funding over Russia controversy
Sergei Loznitsa likens removal of €2m grant to ‘a punishment in kindergarten’ on eve of Venice film festival One of Ukraine’s most acclaimed film-makers has criticised the European Commission’s decision to cut off funds to the Venice Biennale over the opening of Russia’s pavilion, likening it to “a punishment in kinder…
- The Bridge by Colm Tóibín review – betrayal and survival in the High Pyrenees
Deep sorrow mingles with illicit desire in this potent novella, the follow-up to a 2006 story about an isolated family in the Catalan mountains Twenty years ago, Colm Tóibín published a steadily desolating novella set in the high villages of the Catalan Pyrenees. A woman walks out of her house and her life, starts alon…
- The year of Domhnall Gleeson: ‘No one talks about actors’ dedication. But I had a perm for five months!’
He started in the Harry Potter films and has since become ubiquitous, playing every type of character: romcom leads, evil villains, comical idiots. He even starred in a Taylor Swift video. So how does he stay so under the radar? Domhnall Gleeson has got so much new stuff coming up, someone recently joked that this was…
- In the studio with Kasabian: 'We never thought we'd see success again'
The rock band invite us into the studio to talk about the unexpected "third act" of their career.
- Ariana Grande makes emotional tour exit and steps back from public life
The star makes an emotional farewell as she wraps up a tour she's described as her "last hurrah".
- Lawsuit against Lizzo brought by former wardrobe stylist dismissed
The star has denied allegations of bullying and harassment in the workplace in a suit that has now been thrown out A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the remaining claims in a well-publicized lawsuit against Lizzo ’s production company, declaring that the case brought by her former wardrobe stylist could not proceed.…
- Todd Haynes and Wallace Shawn among signatories of letter backing Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism charge
More than 170 Jewish artists, also including Joel Coen, Hannah Einbinder and Miranda July, have supported the actor after he criticized Paramount A collective of more than 170 prominent Jewish artists and academics – including Todd Haynes , Joel Coen , Miranda July , Hannah Einbinder , Wallace Shawn and Naomi Klein – h…
- Ex-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
Duane "Keffe D" Davis was convicted over the drive-by shooting of the rap superstar 30 years ago.
- Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch
Wilson, whose 2017 English translation of Homer’s epic poem inspired Christopher Nolan’s box office hit, is revisiting it after criticising the film adaptation Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate Homer’s Odyssey into English, is to retranslate the ancient Greek epic poem from scratch less than a decade after the…
- ‘Get up, get breakfast, noise’: the teen going viral for enduring all 400 of Merzbow’s ear-splitting albums
The infamous Japanese noise artist has a vast and forbidding catalogue that commands a cult fandom. Sam Andrews, 18, is vlogging his way through the lot – and taking a stand for deep listening An Instagram Reel that looks like an 80s coming-of-age movie pops up on your feed. It’s four teenage boys in an American-style…
- 'A real privilege' - Casualty star to lead drama's 40th anniversary special
The BBC medical drama will celebrate the milestone in September with a two-part story.
- ‘It’s more freaky, more balls to the wall’: how alt-country won over a new generation
From Waxahatchee and Florry in the US to Brown Horse and Little Grandad in the UK, a wave of young songwriters are reinvigorating the subgenre’s earnest emotion and twang ‘It’s so important to talk about this before it’s gone,” says Francie Medosch, singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Florry, “because it’s rea…
- Under Story by Chloe Benjamin review – this time-reversal melodrama is quantum hokum
A grieving couple who have lost their son find a way to a mirror universe where time runs backwards – but the narrative machinery is shonky and distracting There is something farcical – grotesque, even – about life played in reverse. A child falling into a tree. A sandwich emerging from a mouth, bite by reconstituted b…
- Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state
Christine Edzard’s The Man With the Plan tours the country with a timely message about tackling want, disease, squalor, idleness and ignorance A new film that addresses issues fundamental to the new prime minister’s declared mission will star Simon Callow as a historical British political figure. The hero of The Man Wi…
- Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92
Author and Kentucky native, who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial society, died at home Wendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author and agrarian whose poems, stories, novels and essays celebrated the farming communities of his native state and warned of the excesses and…
- Scaring monkeys? Detecting bedbugs? Meet the elite working dogs – in pictures
John Fabiano has travelled the globe photographing dogs with jobs – from Italian truffle sniffers and Greenlandic sled dogs to Perla the hotel receptionist in Cologne Continue reading...
- Anita Brookner by Hermione Lee review – an enigmatic literary great given her due
This exhaustive biography of the Booker winner brings her properly out of the shadows for the first time ‘Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.” The first fictional sentence Anita Brookner ever published, aged 53, in A Start in Life, certainly set a tone. If people have heard of Bro…
- Fans aim for Vulcan salute record on Star Trek Day
The Science Museum is set to host a bid to break the record for the largest Vulcan salute on Star Trek Day.
- The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life
He was Queen’s flamboyant frontman. She was his shy girlfriend, dreaming of marriage until they both realised he preferred men. Thirty-five years after his death, in the week he would have turned 80, Mary Austin talks about their unbreakable bond There were four silver trunks in Mary Austin’s attic that she packed in t…
- Festival honouring Dolly Parton set for Nashville and London
Dolly Parton's estate says DollyFest will take the place of a traditional public memorial for the artist, just as she wanted.
- Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville funeral
The queen of country was interred next to her late husband in an intimate ceremony attended by close family Dolly Parton was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Nashville on Friday, her family has confirmed. The queen of country music, who died aged 80 on 25 August “after bravely facing a brief battle with cancer”, w…
- Reading and Leeds festival review – post-GCSE blowout shows how dominant dance music now is
Bramham Park, Leeds Charli xcx and Fontaines DC are spellbinding and there’s an awesome array of genres, but the biggest turnouts are for tech house names like Kettama and Josh Baker • Charli xcx, Reading festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it Reading and Leeds festival will probab…
- John Galliano exhibition at New York Met cancelled after backlash
The exhibition faced criticism over the British fashion designer's conviction for making antisemitic remarks in 2011.
- A$AP Rocky review – arena spectacular has plenty of helicopters but little sense of direction
O2 Arena, London The polymath rapper’s stage show, which also features SWAT teams and a warship, is truly bravura stuff – but you can’t help feeling this is an artist at a creative crossroads A$AP Rocky dangles precariously from a helicopter, while beneath him black-clad SWAT officers brawl with his white-masked follow…
- This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show
Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.
- Daisy Chain Fields review – Olivia Rodrigo’s women-led festival is electric amid extreme heat
Great Park, Irvine, California Performances from Rodrigo, Stevie Nicks, Chappell Roan and Sarah McLachlan raise $20m for charity yet are marred by poor planning for heatwave Shortly after singing the closing notes of her indie pop gem LES Artistes on Saturday afternoon, Santigold gazes out at the sweat-laced crowd at t…
- The Waterboys review – Steve Earle joins a gloriously unruly return to Fisherman’s Blues
OVO Hydro, Glasgow The Nashville singer-songwriter is among the guests joining Mike Scott for a sprawling, exuberant revue that finds new life in the Waterboys’ rootsy past This is strange. A Waterboys gig, but something else, too: the first night of the Fisherman’s Blues Revue. Which is what, exactly? Inspired by the…
- Could this policy fix the care system and slash student debt at the same time?
Andy Burnham is in need of radical proposals. A ‘care first’ year in exchange for 50% off fees could be just what he needs The UK’s social care sector is in crisis. Costs are spiralling, with many local councils forced to dedicate the vast majority of their budgets to it. At the same time, more and more families are se…
- ‘After I had my cat stolen, I would listen to Funkadelic and cry and cry’: Jennifer Herrema’s honest playlist
The Black Bananas singer knows all the words to Rapper’s Delight and relates to AC/DC, but which song reminds her of a heartbreaking theft? The first song I fell in love with Van Halen’s Runnin’ With the Devil. I was five or six and I went to visit my cousin Tommy who was much older. He was on a hockey team and we went…
- 'Emo might have been a phase to some, but not for us'
Sophie Baxter has set up a social group for "emos, goths and moshers" who never left the noughties.
- ‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @
Their un-Googlable, very online name is the antithesis of this earthy duo’s sublime art-folk. Like their emotionally ambiguous music, the pair don’t give up their mysteries easily • The best music of autumn 2026: Johnny Marr, Phoebe Bridgers, Rachel Chinouriri and more • See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommenda…
- The best music of autumn 2026: Johnny Marr, Phoebe Bridgers, Rachel Chinouriri and more
Irish noisemongers Gilla Band, shadowy producers Two Shell and lovable band the Big Moon have new records, and there are tours from Bob Dylan and Kelela – plus the best of jazz, global and classical • ‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @ • See all of our unmissable autu…
- Charli XCX electrifies Reading Festival with era-spanning set
The British singer and Irish rock band Fontaines DC both headlined the first night of Reading for 2026.
- ‘I don’t care if I look good’: French heartthrob Louis Garrel on fashion, fatherhood and his radically dorky new role
The star has long been French cinema’s favourite tousle-haired Adonis, which makes his latest performance – as a schlubby, stay-at-home dad – all the more surprising. ‘I appreciate people laughing at me,’ he says ‘Even though I’ve been working in film for over 20 years, I still have this desire to look beautiful on scr…
- What we know after the big Grand Theft Auto 6 preview
The official look at the blockbuster video game leaves fans and critics impressed.
- Dahi: Black Boy (Alternative) review – Kendrick producer takes the spotlight for all-star guitar celebration
(ALTER) The Grammy winner unites former clients including Lamar and Ravyn Lenae for a playful, dazzling voyage through the guitar’s diversity, from alt-rock to Afrobeat On this long-awaited debut, Grammy-winning hip-hop producer Dahi steps out from the booth and into the spotlight. He’s best known for transforming a dr…
- Klara Lewis: Opening review – enigmatic, ecstatic sound sculptures from a Swedish slowburn master
(Editions Mego) Lewis mines beauty and intimacy from her minimalist blend of samples and rich instrumentation, sounding as profound whether they last 11 minutes or 38 seconds The first thing you hear on Opening, the new record from Swedish musician Klara Lewis, is a grainy fog of ambient noise: the sound of waves, a ro…
- ‘It’s the story of what happens when the music stops’: bringing tormented jazz legend Bill Evans to life
Having directed documentaries about David Bowie, Radiohead and Joy Division, Grant Gee takes on a biopic of the turbulent and tragic American pianist In 1997, Grant Gee directed the video for Radiohead’s single No Surprises , a four-minute film that featured Thom Yorke miming the song inside a water-filled diver’s helm…
- Reading and Leeds Festival unveils major overhaul, but will it draw in a new crowd?
BBC Newsbeat has spoken with festival-goers to see whether they feel the changes will attract a wider demographic.
- ‘I’m an ever-changing vessel’: Erykah Badu on defying definition, life as a birth and death doula and her first album in 11 years
Why do the Texan innovator’s records take so long to make? ‘It’s important to gather the data,’ she says: the death, dating and dopamine behind her exquisite comeback alongside the Alchemist Erykah Badu needs the lights down low . The singer, producer, actor and registered doula shuffles into a private room at London’s…
- Jacob Elordi on why The Dog Stars had him asking 'What am I missing' in life?
Sir Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic epic explores the feeling of hope in a pandemic-riddled world.
- The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout audiobook review – brilliant portrait of an existential crisis
A teacher’s private anxieties are subtly combined with political events in this Booker-listed tale set in coastal Massachusetts Artie Dam is a much-loved history teacher from coastal Massachusetts famed for his white socks and old sneakers and who sees a growing hopelessness in his young students. Not only are they dis…
- Robert Carlyle: ‘When we did The Full Monty strip, the reaction from the crowd was terrifying’
The actor on which star he’d devour first on a lifeboat, why he prefers pigeons to dogs and how Trainspotting put the Scottish accent on the map You’re stranded on a lifeboat with Ewan McGregor , Ewen Bremner , Jonny Lee Miller , Kevin McKidd , Peter Mullan , James Cosmo , Keith Allen and Irvine Welsh . Who do you eat…
- Ain’t nobody better: Chaka Khan’s 20 best songs – ranked!
Ahead of the release of her 13th solo album, the fantastically titled Chakzilla, we rank the best of a sublime catalogue of funk, slow jams and tears-on-the-dancefloor disco Chaka Khan had harsh words for the “assholes” at her then record company, Warner Bros, who she felt under-promoted 1992’s The Woman I Am, her firs…
- Billy Strings: So Much for Goodbyes review – staggering, stirring songs of grief draw the blues out of bluegrass
(Reprise) The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearning On the face of it, 2025 was a landmark year for Billy Strings. His fifth album, Highway Prayers , won him his third Grammy. The first blueg…
- In pictures: The dotty world of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama
Kusama was known for creating extraordinary immersive worlds that delighted millions of visitors.
- ‘It’s sad to lose a really nice person’: mourners flock to Dollywood after death of Dolly Parton
A memorial at the park’s entrance held bouquets, and a child asked his mothers why so many people were crying Becky Bullard was en route home to Austin, Texas, when she heard the news. “As soon as I heard about Dolly, I thought of you,” read a text from a close friend while she waited for her flight home from Albany, N…
- ‘I am so tired’: Jillian Edelstein’s devastating portraits of apartheid and more – in pictures
The South African photographer documented her country’s harrowing Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These pictures form part of a new exhibition – alongside intimate images of actors, artists and friends Continue reading...
- Yayoi Kusama – a life in pictures
The Japanese avant-garde artist, who was known for her giant polka dot artworks and mirrored infinity room installations, has died aged 97 Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97 Continue reading...
- ‘9 to 5? She was full-on round the clock!’ Dolly Parton celebrated by kd lang, Peggy Seeger, Annie Lennox and more
Musicians and performers pay tribute to the country legend who managed to be a generational talent, a formidable entrepreneur, a dedicated philanthropist and a truly kind person Shirley Collins , singer-songwriter Continue reading...
- Farewell, Dr Frank-N-Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on
The versatile stage performer will always be remembered for his defining film role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which turned him into an icon of 70s underground cinema and proto-punk • Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80 • Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke…
- ‘Find out who you are, and do it on purpose’: unabashedly herself, Dolly Parton was an icon to LGBTQ fans
Parton’s gift lay in uniting everyone from God-fearing country fans to queer devotees. The way she saw me when I met her made me feel like a flower turning towards the sun • Alexis Petridis on Dolly Parton’s peerless career that turned country music cliches inside out • Dolly Parton – a life in pictures • Country music…
- ‘An act of resistance’: holdout homes in the US – in pictures
Ben Marcin’s stunning photographs show lone houses, derelict homes and makeshift camps that stand as epitaphs to past lives and offer insight into how Americans on the margins live Continue reading...
- Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter review – hope amid the hopelessness
A writer and activist links the climate crisis to battles for justice around the world in this vital book It has become increasingly difficult to change our minds, to question our own views or to find common ground with people we disagree with, all of which makes Natasha Walter’s new book both refreshing and …
- Triage by Claudia Rankine review – how should we respond to the world’s atrocities?
The American poet and essayist weaves memoir, fiction, criticism and lyrical lament into a tale of friendship in an age of existential crisis “Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental,” writes the multi-award winning Jamaican-American poet, essayist and playwright…
- Charity? Acting? The Cotswolds? What will Harry and Meghan's UK life look like?
The couple's return to the UK is imminent - and what they'll be focusing on here is gradually becoming clearer.
- EsDeeKid mystery no problem for fans after 'insane' All Points East set
We still don't know the Scouse rapper's true identity, but do music lovers really care who he is?
- Betrayal by Luke Harding review – could Donald Trump be a Russian asset?
A Guardian correspondent’s sobering account of the US betrayal of Ukraine – and the possible reasons behind it American presidents have struggled to get the measure of Vladimir Putin. When George W Bush met him in 2001, he reported that he had “looked the man in the eye”, got a “sense of his soul” and found him “trustw…
- The Disappearers by Marlon James review – a scorching exposé of homophobia in Jamaica
This Booker-listed epic set in Aids-era Kingston is a triumph – bitter, bawdy and ravishingly queer “A sense of sweep,” replied Marlon James, when asked what moves him most in literature. “Sweep isn’t just about external journeys, but internal as well. It can be over years and decades, or across land and sea.” If that…
- David Harbour has blown Tony Stark’s cover in Avengers: Doomsday. It might just be what Marvel needs
The actor, who plays Red Guardian in the film, made a cryptic comment to Variety that raised more Robert Downey Jr-shaped questions than answers. But was it a clanger, or expert trolling? Nobody knows exactly what solemn blood oaths Marvel uses to prevent spoilers. But we do know that Andrew Garfield spent most of the…
- The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
The Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio; Short Circuit by Wolf Haas; Cosmos by Lucia Odoom; The Fallen Trees Are Also the Forest by Alejandra Kamiya The Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio, translated by Mia Spangenberg, Pengu in International Writers (£14.99) Following Lowest Common Denominator and Backlight, th…
- Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’
The TV presenter and author on the evolutionary biologists who inspired her, the genius of George Eliot – and fun with Frog and Toad My earliest reading memory The first books I remember were from The Village with Three Corners series Sheila K McCullagh. I loved the – literally – colourful characters, like Johnny Yello…
- Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico review – gorgeous reinvention of Gilberto Gil’s grooves
(Sunnyside) Saxophonist and composer Wilmer brilliantly transforms Gil tunes, changing tempos and adding breathy melodies, flourishes of horns or undulating rhythms to luscious effect Over the past three years, Brazilian saxophonist and composer Gaia Wilmer has reimagined the catalogues of her country’s virtuosos so ra…
- Life of M by Rachel Cusk review – is this story of a film star based on Natalie Portman?
A teasing tale of the friendship between a writer and an actor explores the fallout from fame, and the blurring between pretence and reality M is a celebrated film actor. A star since childhood, now the face of a major fashion brand, she has been famous all her life. That her career closely resembles Natalie Portm…
- The best books to read in August: new paperbacks from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie and Werner Herzog
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some wonderful new paperbacks, from a short story collection by a literary great to razor-sharp criticism *** Continue reading...
- How I’ve Tried to Change the World by Alexei Sayle review – does protest make a difference?
The comedian charts his life in demos from 1960s Liverpool to 2020s London in this fiery and addictive book At 74, the comedian Alexei Sayle is approaching a dangerous phase for veteran British leftists: becoming a national treasure. Once described by special branch, in a surveillance file gleefully quoted in this…
- The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore review – an ominous warning of tech takeover
A historian charts the emergence of a democracy-crushing dystopia that is – in some ways – already with us Pulitzer prize-winning US historian Jill Lepore’s new book addresses the threat posed to liberal democracy by artificial intelligence. According to Lepore, the extraordinary power of private tech companies le…
- Chris Carter is mistaken if he thinks more gore will bring The X-Files: I Want to Believe back to life
The director’s cut includes a host more body parts but no more insight into the villains’ personalities. What could be a gothic masterstroke is turned into a dreary procedural in the snow Warning: this article contains spoilers Everyone loves a director’s cut. But unlike some, The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Fra…
- Art Spiegelman: ‘The US needs a counter-revolution’
More than four decades after his Holocaust story Maus transformed the graphic novel genre, Art Spiegelman discusses Trump, the shadow of 9/11 and the rise of fascism in America When the cartoonist Art Spiegelman began dating his future wife, Françoise Mouly, in the mid 70s, she would tell him not to worry about walking…
- Prince to Madonna, Blur to Beth Orton: William Orbit’s 12 greatest recordings
The late producer’s gift for bringing in elements from dance music’s cutting edge drew all manner of music royalty – and he often made them sound better than ever before • William Orbit, pop producer for Madonna, All Saints and more, dies aged 69 William Orbit’s first band were a curious business. Torch Song had one fo…
- Out of the blue: James Cameron’s surprise departure would be good for Avatar
The director has yet again hinted that he may step away – but if he does actually relinquish control, it would likely benefit the franchise After directing the highest-grossing film trilogy of all time, and having spent more than two decades bending technology, studio executives and several hundred million dollars’ wor…
- Super Troopers 3 review – misfiring cop comedy threequel
The return of the country’s most incompetent police force fails to bring enough laughs or any real justification for its existence Super Troopers occupies a sacred corner of the millennial DVD shelf, a goofy rebuttal to the endless procession of just-the-facts-ma’am TV cops that reimagined America’s most mythologized a…
- One Night Only review – sex is legal for 12 hours a year in bizarre romcom
‘What if The Purge was for premarital sex?’ is the odd, gimmicky elevator pitch for this slickly made yet ungainly oddity that can’t quite get past the grimness of its conceit Going into a romcom, there are always the same questions. Will there be genuine chemistry? Will the rom and the com be equal in parts? And, for…
- Ice Cream Man review – Eli Roth’s junky slasher is one of year’s worst horrors
The Hostel and Thanksgiving director takes a massive stumble with a rushed retro horror made on the cheap A few years ago, Eli Roth realized his long-held ambition to make a movie out of Thanksgiving , the horror-movie trailer he made as a gag for the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez anthology feature Grindhouse, bac…
- What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July
Max Porter, Daisy Johnson, Avni Doshi and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments I recently read Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot . It’s one of the best novels I’ve ever read about what it means to live with others, or decide not to; what we owe the p…
- Tony review – knives out in tasty reheat of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir
Dominic Sessa stars as a conceited yet vulnerable young chef alongside Antonio Banderas – but the feelgood factor is compromised by what we know of the author For all the drugs and punch-ups, this is an unexpectedly sentimental coming-of-age story – or maybe origin myth – about the formative youthful kitchen experience…
- The Devil’s Mouth review – Amazon’s shark thriller gives us just about enough to chew on
A group of holidaying friends get trapped in a cave system with a bull shark in a solidly entertaining B-movie lifted by a toxic central friendship We’ve officially reached maximum shark movie this year , with about six released so far and even more on the way and so the drop of yet another one, in the middle of Shark…
- ‘We’ve always been wary of working together’: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp on writing a novel as a couple
The bestselling crime writer and Scotland’s first female Geographer Royal had long kept their work separate, until a chance discovery about a doomed 17th-century expedition forced them to collaborate The airy, modern house on the outskirts of Edinburgh shared by Val McDermid and Jo Sharp is surrounded by greenery and f…
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – Zendaya saves Tom Holland’s semi-Cronenberg-style superhero
Now 30, Holland is back as the vexed webslinger in a sometimes shocking, occasionally sluggish new instalment opposite his Odyssey castmate Just a few weeks ago, Tom Holland was telling us that his role as Telemachus in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey was his “last chance to play a boy”. Well, Holland is back as the suppos…
- 72 Hours review – Kevin Hart drags down Netflix midlife crisis comedy
The overexposed actor falls flat in another disappointing vehicle that fails to make the most of its neat bachelor-party-with-a-twist concept 72 Hours is Kevin Hart’s midlife crisis comedy. He stars as Joe, a 40-year-old New York marketing executive whose once-reliable Midas touch has worn off. He’s no longer the offic…
- Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender review – engaging TV-to-movie adventure
A feature-length continuation of the much-loved animated series provides enough for fans as well as the uninitiated Avatar just can’t catch a break at the movies. Not the blue-cat-people franchise that makes at least a billion dollars each time, mind you – though that mega-successful series is part of what vexes big-sc…
- Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US
Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thiel The historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book is published amid celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence and its truth “self-evident,…
- 20 Best Sword-and-Sandal Films, From ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘Gladiator’
It’s been decades since cinemagoers have been treated to a high quality sword-and-sandal film, so leave it to the great Christopher Nolan to reinvigorate the dying genre with his thrilling take on Homer’s classic “The Odyssey.” Needless to say, Elon Musk and his army of trolls couldn’t have been more wrong about this o…
- Brazil’s Gramado Fest Set to Honor ‘I’m Still Here’ Star Selton Mello and ‘The Secret Agent’ Standout Maria Fernanda Cândido
As Brazil’s explosion on the Oscar and A-Fest scene turns its top actors into international stars, two of its biggest breakouts, “I’m Not Here” co-lead Selton Mello and “The Secret Agent” star María Fernanda Cândido, will be honored at Brazil’s Gramado Film Festival, bringing the aura of burgeoning international renown…
- Adam Lambert looks back: ‘I couldn’t pass up on joining Queen – even if the fans were protective of Freddie’
The singer and actor on the edgy artists of his youth, a controversial 2009 kiss, and his relationship with Brian May and Roger Taylor Born in Indianapolis in 1982, actor and musician Adam Lambert rose to fame in 2009 as runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. His second album, Trespassing, made history a…
- How to Watch the World Cup Final Halftime Show Live Online
The FIFA World Cup is getting its own Super Bowl-style halftime show for the first time. Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber and BTS will co-headline the inaugural FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show on Sunday, July 19, during the championship match between Spain and Argentina. Burna Boy, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and New Y…
- Fanatics Debuts “We’re Still Wearing It” Campaign Honoring Lionel Messi Ahead of World Cup Final
In what may be the Argentine legend's final game for his nation's national team, the sports company is debuting a film that declares “You Can’t Hang It Up While We’re Still Wearing It.”
- Brenda Fricker obituary
Actor who was the first Irish woman to win an Oscar for her role in the 1989 film classic My Left Foot Brenda Fricker, who has died aged 81, was only the second Irish actor – and the first female one – to win an Oscar, for her role as Daniel Day-Lewis’s mother in the 1989 film My Left Foot, after shooting to fame in th…
- Could AI be conscious?
Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications In January, the AI company Anthropic published a new constitution for Claude, its most advanced large language model (LLM), which contained the comment: “We are caught in a difficult position where we neither want …
- ‘We were in danger of running it into the ground’: Brittany Howard on fleeing fame, fighting Trump and the epic return of Alabama Shakes
The soul-rockers achieved worldwide success before surprising everyone by deciding to quit while they were ahead. Now they’re back with a new album railing against the state of contemporary America In the autumn of 2024, Alabama Shakes showed no sign of ending their indefinite hiatus – and nobody was asking them to. Se…
- ‘People say they’ve conceived to my music’: Tricky’s honest playlist
The trip-hop star doesn’t believe in getting jiggy to songs and would choose Cyndi Lauper at karaoke. But which classic reminds him of his mum? The first song I fell in love with I was going out with this Jamaican girl when we were about 15, and would listen to Night Nurse by Gregory Isaacs all the time. We had a daugh…
- MIFFest Opens Ninth Edition in Kuala Lumpur, Earns ASEAN Records Recognition
The ninth Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) opened on July 18 at MyTown Shopping Centre, kicking off an eight-day showcase of international cinema and marking the festival’s official recognition from ASEAN Records. The opening ceremony drew filmmakers, industry leaders and stars to a red carpet ahead of th…
- Freddy Cannon, Rock and Roller Behind Hits “Palisades Park” and “Tallahassee Lassie,” Dies at 89
Cannon died Friday at a hospice facility in California.
- James Gunn Says ‘Big Brother 28’s Rick Devens Was Set For ‘Man Of Tomorrow’ Cameo But “Had To Cancel” Due To CBS Competition
James Gunn is a fan of Big Brother, and his friend Rick Devens joined the cast of Season 28 of the CBS competition. On Thursday’s eviction episode, Devens gave Gunn a shoutout during the live broadcast after sharing his vote to evict. The DC Studios co-head shared the clip of Devens name-dropping him on live […]
- Luke Wilson On ‘The Family Stone’ Sequel: “I Can’t Believe It’s Happening”
Luke Wilson is sharing an update on The Family Stone sequel that Tom Bezucha is writing. Bezucha, who wrote and directed the 2005 holiday film, revealed that he was penning a sequel after Diane Keaton died. “Tom Bezucha is a great writer and a great director, and I read the script, and it’s really funny, and it’s […]
- Jennifer Finch, L7 Bassist, Dead at 59
Rocker was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer
- Manosphere Influencers Andrew Tate & Brother Tristan Arrested In Miami In Connection To Sexual Offense Charges In The UK, Report
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Miami, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Charges for the manosphere influencers were not immediately available, with the Associated Press reporting the warrant was sealed. A Department of Justice spokesperson released a statement to CBS News saying, “Today, U.S…
- ‘The Odyssey’s Tom Holland On Why He “Could Relax” After Robert Pattinson Casting: “You’re So Good At Being A Dickhead”
Tom Holland stars in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and recently revealed how he felt when Robert Pattinson was cast in the film. In a recent appearance on EW’s Around the Table, Holland said he felt he “could relax” after he learned the Batman actor was set to play Antinous in the epic film. “Rob and […]
- Andrew Tate and Brother Tristan Arrested in Miami
Manosphere influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by federal officers Saturday afternoon in Miami, according to AP. The charges against the brothers were not immediately made public. This isn’t the first time the Tate brothers have found themselves in cuffs. Back in 2022, the controversial media figures were…
- ‘Mexodus’ Review: The Underground Railroad Runs South to Mexico in a Pasadena Playhouse Musical That Feels as Spirited as a Two-Man ‘Hamilton’
To paraphrase Aaliyah: Cast size ain’t nothing but a number. In the realm of the theater, no one exactly equates the number of headshots on a Playbill page with the ultimate fulfillment a stage show provides. Still, a question may arise: How few people can you have in a musical and still generate just as […]
- Christopher Nolan Says It Will Be ‘At Least’ Three Years Until He Makes Another Movie After ‘The Odyssey’ Pushed the ‘Limits of My Own Stamina’
Christopher Nolan recently told “Today” that after giving it his all for “The Odyssey,” it will be “at least” three years until he makes another movie. “I definitely hit the limits of my own stamina and everybody’s stamina, I think,” Nolan said. “I mean, it’s ‘The Odyssey,’ of course it should be difficult. We’re not […
- Lena Headey Calls Out Hollywood For “Weird Protection” Of “Predatory Men” & The Backlash Over Not Going Nude For ‘Game Of Thrones’ Scene
Lena Headey is getting real about the “weird protection” of “predatory men” in Hollywood and reveals what “shocked” her about the reaction to the Game of Thrones nudity scandal. In a new interview, the GoT star who played Cersei Lannister in the HBO fantasy series opened up about the backlash she got for using a […]
- ‘Manhunter: The Final Cut’ Shows Why Director’s Cuts Are Almost Never an Improvement. But It’s Still the Greatest Thriller of Our Time
If you’re a movie buff, a cinephile, or whatever else you want to call it (I called my 2016 memoir “Movie Freak”), one of the greatest pleasures to be had is when a film grabs hold of you and won’t let go. That’s happened to me a number of times, with movies like “Nashville” and […]
- Christopher Nolan Says ‘The Odyssey’ Made Him “Hit The Limits Of My Own Stamina” & It’ll Be “At Least” 3 Years Until His Next Film
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is making big numbers at the box office, but don’t expect his next film to be released anytime soon. The filmmaker recently revealed that it’ll be “at least” three years before audiences see another of his works on the big screen. In an interview with Today, it was noted that Nolan has […
- BAFTA Student Award Winners Include Young Filmmakers From Spain, France, China and America
This year's honorees were announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Friday night.
- The Cure’s Robert Smith Slams FIFA’s World Cup Final Halftime Show: ‘Just F— Off’
On the eve of the FIFA World Cup final featuring the first halftime show in its history, the Cure’s Robert Smith took to social media to slam the historic performance. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH… #Breadandcircuses #MUGWANK #pleasejustfuckoff,” Smith wrote on the Cure’s Instagram account. Curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin,…
- Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon Dies: ‘Palisades Park’ & ‘Tallahassee Lassie’ Rock & Roller Was 89
Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon, the early rock & roller who scored big, joyful radio hits with, among others, 1959’s “Tallahassee Lassie” and 1962’s “Palisades Park,” died yesterday, July 17, at a California hospice facility following a brief battle with cancer. He was 89. His death was announced by Tom Cuddy, a longtime fr…
- ‘Call of Duty’ Movie From Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg Will Be Set in ‘Modern Warfare’ Universe
The 'Landman' and 'Yellowstone' creator is co-writing the screenplay with Berg directing. The live-action adaptation is slated to hit theaters on June 30, 2028.
- Freddy Cannon, Rocker Whose Late ’50s and Early ’60s Hits Included ‘Palisades Park’ and ‘Tallahassee Lassie,’ Dies at 89
Freddy Cannon, a veteran of the early rock scene whose hits of the late ’50s and early ’60s included the top 10 hits “Palisades Park,” “Tallahassee Lassie” and “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans,” died Friday at 89. A representative said Cannon, who lived in Oxnard, California, died at a hospice facility after very recent…
- Samantha Morton on Her Electrifying Performance as Circe in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’: ‘It Felt Like a Rebirth’
Samantha Morton doesn’t have a lot of screen time in “The Odyssey,” but when she shows up about halfway through the action epic, she commandeers the film. In an electrifying sequence that lasts roughly 10 minutes, Morton delivers a searing, richly textured performance as Circe, a sorcerer who transforms Odysseus’ men i…
- Jelly Roll Goes to San Quentin for New Video ‘Hands Up’
"Truly one of the most special things I’ve ever had the opportunity to do," singer says of shooting visual at same California prison that Johnny Cash performed at
- Jim Parsons Opens Up About Being “Stressed” And “Miserable” Through Much Of ‘The Big Bang Theory’
Jim Parsons, who rose to fame on The Big Bang Theory and is currently appearing on Broadway in Titanique, is opening up about his mental health during the height of his sitcom fame and success. Appearing on the YouTube podcast All Out with Jon Dean (watch it below), Parsons spoke with the British host – […]
- ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Valentina To Make Broadway Debut In ‘The Rocky Horror Show’
Valentina, who has appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race and Fox’s Rent: Live, will make her Broadway debut on Tuesday when she joins the cast of The Rocky Horror Show, the Sam Pinkleton-directed revival of Richard O’Brien’s time-warping musical. Valentina will take over the role of Columbia, the top-hatted acolyte of Luke Ev…
- ‘The Odyssey’ Opening To $257M+ Around The World, Best Ever For Christopher Nolan Ahead Of ‘Dark Knight Rises’ – Global Box Office Update
SATURDAY UPDATE: Not sunny weather, nor World Cup is hindering Universal’s The Odyssey which as of this morning is on its way to becoming Christopher Nolan’s best global opening ever with $257.8M, which puts away his previous highs of The Dark Knight Rises ($249M WW debut), The Dark Knight ($198M WW) and Oppenheimer ($…
- Larry David Jabs Anti-Vaccine Activism Of Cheryl Hines’ Husband In Latest ‘Life, Larry And The Pursuit Of Unhappiness’
Larry David squares off – after a fashion – against the high-profile, if often misinformed, husband of his former Curb Your Enthusiasm costar Cheryl Hines in the latest episode of HBO Max’s mock-history comedy series Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness. The target of his trademark ire? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In t…
- ‘Heartstopper Forever’ Director, Writer and Stars Joe Locke and Kit Connor on the Finale: “It Connects the Whole Heartstopper Gang”
Stars Connor and Locke, creator Alice Oseman and director Wash Westmoreland break down the film’s biggest change from book to screen, alongside the intimacy, break-ups, and ambiguous endings from the final chapter.
- ‘The Odyssey’ Galloping to $120M in Muscular Box Office Opening
Christopher Nolan's mythological epic continues to rise as the star-studded adaptation from Universal eyes the year's best live-action debut.
- Where to Watch France vs. England World Cup Third-Place Playoff Online
The July 18 match will determine who takes home the bronze ahead of Sunday's final.
- See Martin Garrix Debut New U2 Collaboration ‘Fireflies’ With the Edge at Tomorrowland
After premiering at Belgium EDM fest, DJ and Irish rockers' latest single together is "out soon"
- ‘The Odyssey’ Slaying With $120M+ U.S. Opening: ‘A’ CinemaScore, Best Live-Action Haul Of 2026 & Record For Matt Damon As Lead – Box Office Saturday AM Update
SATURDAY AM: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey remains on course for the best live-action feature debut this year at the North American box office to date with $120.5M after Friday/previews of $51.2M. We already told you that this is Nolan’s third best opening ever in U.S./Canada, and so it is in opening days as well. Th…
- Between ‘Summer House’ and ‘In the City,’ Lindsay Hubbard Doesn’t Have Time to Slow Down
Hubbard is a busy woman, and that’s why she’s teamed up with Florastor in support of their new Digest + Skin Renew Probiotic to prioritize wellness amid the business in her personal and professional life.
- The True Story Behind the First Foreign Feature to Break Out In Hollywood
At a time when subtitled films were a non-factor in the U.S., and with no major studio backing, Jean Renoir’s antiwar classic 'La Grande Illusion' wowed audiences and managed a best picture Oscar nom in 1937.
- Edward Church, Peter Hujar, Looted Art
I just came back from a dreamy residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Northern California. The place is special not just for the breathtaking views of the Marin Headlands but also for the kind people who run it. I'm grateful to Louisa Gloger, Holly Blake, MJ Brown, and others on Headlands' team. Shoutout als…
- ‘Maybe the best pumped-up sequel ever made’: James Cameron’s Aliens hits 40
The director’s more-is-more approach to the 1986 sequel gave us seat-edge action and an indelible performance from a rule-breaking Sigourney Weaver James Cameron loves tough female characters. That seems like a given now, after three Avatars and two particularly muscular arms belonging to Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2…
- Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’
The singer on struggling with the English weather, a secret celebrity crush, and her terror of tinned spaghetti Born in Sydney, Australia, to an Italian father and Australian mother, Natalie Imbruglia, 51, joined the cast of Neighbours at the age of 17. In 1997, she released her debut album, Left of the Middle, wh…
- Hagitude author Sharon Blackie: ‘At 60 I wasn’t ready to give up, I was just starting’
The writer of cult hit If Women Rose Rooted is on a mission to bring folklore to modern readers. She talks about confronting her fears, communing with nature – and the power that comes with age Like many of the wise women in her books, Sharon Blackie lives miles from anyone. Hers is the only house on the road winding t…
- How Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Was Inspired by U2’s Sphere Residency: ‘F-cking Awestruck’
Metallica will kick off their Life Burns Faster residency at the Sphere Las Vegas in the fall
- Ariana Grande Surprises Fans as Ty Dolla $ign Joins Eternal Sunshine Tour to Duet ‘Safety Net’
Grande invited Ty to the stage during her Brooklyn residency on Thursday
- Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo Finalize Divorce: Report
The two split after 10 years of marriage
- Ozzy Osbourne’s Hometown of Birmingham to Honor Singer on Anniversary of Death
Ozzy Day on July 22 will celebrate “the life, legacy and Birmingham roots of the Prince of Darkness,” city council says
- Travis Scott Teams With James Blake, Ludwig Goransson for ‘The Odyssey’ Closer ‘When I’m Home’
Rapper, who has a cameo role in Christopher Nolan’s epic, previously contributed end credits track to the director’s Tenet
- A Living Memorial to Palestinian Activist Alex Odeh Takes Flight
One of the few monuments honoring an Arab-American in the United States is the subject of a new participatory art project that turns the decades-old sculpture of a slain Palestinian-American icon into an expansive, living artwork. Outside the public library in Santa Ana stands a memorial statue to Alex Odeh, a Palestin…
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- Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Fatally Stabbing NYC Vogue Dancer
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- Zendaya’s Earrings Are Part of a Much Bigger Problem
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The superstar is celebrating her seminal album with an extended version, including rare demos, and remixes
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- Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81
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Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation has been met with almost universal acclaim – from mostly male film critics. Might women find the journey less comfortable? Long ago, almost as long ago as Homer composed The Odyssey, I was a film critic on the Sunday Telegraph. People sometimes ask me how sexist the scene was then, b…
- Brandon Flowers Sings One for the Croupiers on New Song ‘Paradise’
Song will appear on Killers frontman’s upcoming solo album, Thrasher
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The Runner by Scarlett Thomas; The Madman by Henning Mankell; Everything She Didn’t Say by Jane Casey; The Spy and the Snake by MJ Robotham; Murder at the End of the World by Akane Araki The Runner by Scarlett Thomas (Scribner, £16.99) Part thriller, part romantic suspense, Thomas’s latest novel begins in Cyprus, where…
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The industrial dance duo make music for this summer’s heatwave: filled with dread and jangling with pent-up energy From Manchester, via Peterborough and Shanghai Recommended if you like Crystal Castles, Mandy, Indiana , acid house Up next Festival dates including East London Block Party, Brighton Psych Fest and End of…
- Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled
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- Andrew Motion: ‘Wilfred Owen became a kind of sacred text for me’
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Neill’s co-star in the 1994 comedy-drama Sirens remembers a man of rare beauty, generosity and delight By the time I met Sam He had already assumed a kind of mythic status in our household, playing Reilly on Ace of Spies. My stepfather was his boss. 11 years on and I get to work with him, Playing Norman Lindsay (wryly)…
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The film-length finale to the teen LGBTQ+ show has poignant moments but feels like fan service by numbers If it were up to Kit Connor , Heartstopper would have ended quite differently. “If I’d had my way, I would have had Nick and Charlie cheating on each other and doing all those stupid things,” he recently told the G…
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How do you follow Oppenheimer? By spending $250m bringing Homer’s epic poem to the big screen in Imax. Today’s most powerful director talks big swings, trauma-bonding and the healing powers of chocolate labrador Charlie ‘I’m in that moment of sheer terror,” says Christopher Nolan, sitting in a suite at the Corinthia ho…
- Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Konami classic rises again from Paris sewers and Joan of Arc is a boss
Evil Empire creatives explain how it is playing to today’s ‘metroidvanias’ and honouring the original’s legacy with much fresh slaying to be done Since the last Castlevania game hit the shelves (2014’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 ), Konami’s dormant series has unexpectedly spawned a hit genre. With an entire generat…
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Sinister bogland discoveries haunt the intersecting lives of four characters in this meditative, exquisitely written tale Almost 14% of Ireland is bog: vast swathes of moss-carpeted land, below which layers of ancient history have been compounded into mulch-black turf. Captivated by their otherworldly beauty, Seam…
- ‘I used to do acid on a Wednesday. I don’t have time for that now’: alt-pop star Steve Lacy on his struggles after huge hit Bad Habit
A Grammy nom at 17, a US No 1 ... then silence. With new album Oh Yeah? finally out after four years away, the genre-hopping artist explains the trauma and heartbreak that informed it Since Steve Lacy became a Grammy-winning artist with a No 1 hit in the US, little has changed for him. His single Bad Habit was one of t…
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The education committee also proposed a National Reading Guarantee, ensuring all children have frequent opportunities to enjoy reading The National Year of Reading should be extended to a National Decade of Reading, an education committee inquiry into reading for pleasure has concluded. The government should also commi…
- Pat Oleszko Wins $100K Whitney Biennial Prize
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- Artist’s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online
New York City sculptor Sergio Furnari is being raked over the coals online over his plan to unveil a memorial sculpture of slain right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk in Times Square. Thousands have flocked to Furnari's Instagram comments to troll and threaten the forthcoming memorial, which will reportedly be unveiled on…
- Manhattan DA’s Office Returns Three Antiquities to Mexico
Nayarit artist(s) created this standing male figure around 100–400 CE. (image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art ) A 1,600-year-old sculpture previously held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art is being repatriated to Mexico, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced on Wednesday, July 15. The DA's office s…
- Required Reading
Debika Ray writes about the film that beloved Indian author Arundhati Roy made during her time as an architecture student for Apollo : Seen with the hindsight of four decades, the film feels like the Arundhati Roy origin story. It is hard not to read the cynicism of the character she plays – and her uncertainty about w…
- Trump Shrinks Utah National Monuments by 90%
The Trump administration has significantly diminished the size of two national monuments in Utah that hold sacred lands and rich archaeological sites. Through a series of executive proclamations issued under the Antiquities Act this week, Trump shrunk the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments by a…
- The Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics
PASADENA, Calif. — When Marshall McLuhan remarked that “the medium is the message,” he was not referring to tapestries made from crushed velvet or sculptures crafted from wood and amethyst crystals — although Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination at Armory Art Center might suggest otherwise. First uttered in 1958 du…
- ‘Disorderly’ intruder removed from NBC’s Today show after security breach
Unauthorized interloper was arrested after reportedly hurling racial slur at host Craig Melvin A man was arrested after breaking on to the set of NBC ’s Today show on Thursday morning and allegedly hurling a racial slur at a host. NYPD officers at New York’s midtown north precinct responded to a report of a disorderly…
- ‘A masterpiece in every way’: The Odyssey earns near universal acclaim as full reviews published
Christopher Nolan’s epic was given five stars by the Guardian, Independent and Telegraph, while the New York Times called it a ‘monumental adaptation’ Christopher Nolan’s $250m Imax blockbuster version of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey looks set to be among the director’s best-received of his career, and could be a fron…
- ‘From the father of the guy who made Obsession’: is the nepo dad the new nepo baby?
With Dane Cook set to star in his new film, Curry Barker’s dad joins Lana Del Rey’s dad and Tom Holland’s dad in a new wave of nepo daddies A generational shift is happening in Hollywood. The two big breakout films of the spring – Backrooms and Obsession – were made by a pair of plucky young YouTubers who found themsel…
- Seth Meyers on the second Trump presidency: ‘No one feels better, everyone’s miserable’
Late-night host covered the dire state of the US economy and how the president is distracted by other priorities Seth Meyers discussed Donald Trump ’s many weaknesses as president as the US economy continues to tumble. On Late Night, the host started by covering how Donald Trump responded to the death of his longtime l…
- The best books to read in July: new paperbacks from Andrew O’Hagan, Miriam Toews and Oyinkan Braithwaite
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from the gripping story of an international murder case to a state-of-the-nation yarn *** Continue reading...
- Up All Night by Imogen Willetts review – a seductive history of going out
From 18th-century pleasure gardens to Studio 54, the story of nightlife in all its hedonistic – and political – glory In this fabulous alternative history of the modern world, the academic and “party historian” Imogen Willetts looks at the last 500 years of civilisation through the sometimes blurry lenses of its after-…
- Five arrested in Hong Kong bookstore raids in ‘seditious’ materials crackdown
Third round of arrests linked to independent bookshops widely regarded as clampdown on dissent in territory Hong Kong authorities have raided two bookstores and arrested five people on suspicion of selling allegedly seditious publications, in the latest step targeting independent booksellers. Videos and photos from mul…
- Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review – the revolting world of parasites
From maggots to viruses, this gross-out compendium also manages to celebrate the awe and inventiveness of nature When Craig Venter, one of the mappers of the human genome, set out on a sailboat cruise to map DNA in seawater all across the globe, he found that a teaspoon of seawater contained on average 50m viruses…
- Gracie Abrams: Daughter from Hell review – bloodless anthems hit like a faceful of icing sugar
(Interscope) Despite their goth-coded attempts at emotional turbulence, the saccharine songs of Abrams’ third album feel adolescent in their melodrama Gracie Abrams’ third album is a full-blown crime scene. Across 16 songs, the US songwriter catalogues slip knots, blades, bullets, knives, more knives, ghosts, cages, dr…
- ‘A gasp-inducing thrill ride’: why The Polygamist should be your next TV obsession
With its lovable playboy and jaw-dropping twists, the South African drama has become Netflix’s latest breakout smash Are you bored with your summertime entertainment already? Did you devour that buzzy novel at the beach? Finish your third Suits rewatch on the plane? Has your algorithm run out of ideas and started feedi…
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After beating Leonard Cohen to Canada’s biggest music prize and splicing dembow with classical, the cross-cultural artist is now confronting Colombia’s new president When I speak to the Colombian Canadian musician Lido Pimienta , it’s in the run-up to Colombia’s presidential election, and she is worried. One of the two…
- ‘It would be weird not to show the sex’: Kit Connor and Joe Locke on Heartstopper’s queer teen curtain call
As Netflix’s quietly radical coming-of-age drama wraps up with a feature-length film, its stars discuss queer escapism, awkward love scenes and letting go of the characters that made them In a house near Maidenhead in Berkshire, a group of sweaty teenagers are throwing a party. Vodka bottles line the staircase, snogs a…
- ‘We’ve had moments of devastating pain’: jazz icons Ezra Collective on their new album – and why we can’t rely on the government
Speaking at a Guardian Live event at Love Supreme festival, the band tell us about lessons with Tony Allen, mayhem in Lagos and why musicians should be ‘pillars of the community’ At Sussex’s Love Supreme festival last weekend, Femi Koleoso and James Mollison of British jazz figureheads Ezra Collective joined me for a w…
- ‘Ramones had leather jackets when they got spat on. We didn’t!’ David Byrne on touring with Talking Heads and taking advice from Lou Reed
As his American Utopia tour film hits cinemas, the musician answers your questions about his Scottish sense of humour, working with Brian Eno and his desire to direct another film In May 1977, Talking Heads along with Ramones toured the UK starting at Eric’s Club in Liverpool . Did touring as punk exploded have an impa…
- Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87
Versatile Essex-born hitmaker known for Rhinestone Cowboy, It Only Takes a Minute and many more had been living with Alzheimer’s disease Brian Potter, one of the most versatile and successful British producers and songwriters of his generation, has died aged 87. He had been living with Alzheimer’s disease in recent yea…
- Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness
(Third Man) Following the superb No Name, White continues his fan service with stripped back songs and nasty, anarchic riffs – though it all ends up feeling a little samey It’s a strange thing to say about one of the most prolific artists of his – or any – generation, but: Jack White has been undergoing something of a…
- Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop
After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even the most overblown backing tracks • News: Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75 • From Swansea clubs to worldwide fame: Bonnie Tyler – a life…
- Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75
Welsh singer and Eurovision entrant’s other hits included Footloose soundtrack smash Holding Out for a Hero • Alexis Petridis on Bonnie Tyler: She totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop • From Swansea clubs to worldwide fame: Bonnie Tyler – a life in pictures Bonnie Ty…
- Tradwives and ‘anti-woke’ backlash: can Netflix reboot Little House on The Prairie for a new generation?
After the classic series became a pandemic-era smash, a glossy new adaptation aims to explore the complexities of frontier life Each incarnation of Little House on the Prairie has reflected the fears, hopes and hangups of its time – from Laura Ingalls Wilder ’s semi-autobiographical children’s novels, first published i…
- Mariska Hargitay to host 78th Emmy awards in September
The Law & Order: SVU star will be the first woman to host the ceremony, airing on NBC this year, in 15 years Mariska Hargitay will host the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards , airing on NBC on 14 September. NBCUniversal announced Hargitay as host on Tuesday, the day before nominations are announced. The show will also str…
- What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June
Candice Carty-Williams, Patrick Freyne and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments I just finished reading Wimmy Road Boyz by Sufiyaan Salam. I absolutely adored this book, a fantastic combination of violence and vulnerability set on Manchester’s Cur…
- John Oliver on redistricting: ‘putting a thumb on the scale of who gets elected’
The host discussed recent limits to the Voting Rights Act and Trump’s efforts to dissolve majority Black districts On Sunday night’s episode of his HBO show, John Oliver focused on the fight over redistricting that has been “raging” across the US as the midterms approach later this year. In Texas, Republicans currently…
- Porn star turned late-night TV icon Robin Byrd: ‘Sex is a form of magic’
She was a sex-positive star in the 80s and 90s who became an ‘accidental activist’ – an HBO documentary produced by Sarah Jessica Parker explores her life Robin Byrd has no doubt about where the archive of her life should end up. “I think it should be in the Smithsonian,” she said. “I like to think big.” But is such th…
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There are glimpses of the Curb star at his razor-like best here – but they are desperately few. It’s mainly worth watching for the immaculate Obama intro It is always an emotional blow to see former US president Barack Obama pop up on one’s screen. The Instagram algorithm sends me a lot of him, because it knows I alway…
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A mouse detective; a fresh take on the Odyssey; a dangerous wish; and the world’s most watched reality TV show My Dad Can by Stephen Lightbown, illustrated by Claire Sahara Lemp, Quarto, £7.99 Iris’s dad can turn into dinosaurs, unicorns, anything she imagines – though some people see Dad’s wheelchair and believe he ca…
- Little Brother review – Netflix comedy is neither weird or funny enough for star Eric André
The surreal comedian struggles to sell a middling and mostly conventional film about an uptight realtor whose life is upturned by an unpredictable figure from his past The specific, unforced strangeness of Eric André’s comedy hasn’t been an easy fit for Hollywood. His surreal and frequently hilarious late-night series…
- The Bear review - this kitchen nightmare of a show dials it up to 11 for its last ever series
It’s won all the awards and now it’s going out in a blaze of comedy. Everything that could possibly go wrong for the restaurant does … but who cares when the fusion of tragedy and laughter is this good? It may not be a gastronomic reference many midwestern gourmands would appreciate, but the last episode of the last se…
- Jackass: Best and Last review – kings of gross-out comedy’s final, funny farewell
So-called final outing for Johnny Knoxville and his daring, stunt-hungry pals might be close to a greatest hits reel, but there are enough laughs to warrant the nostalgia The boy-men of Jackass , a three-season MTV comedy-stunt show turned periodic and beloved film series, have shown a willingness to engage in all mann…
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Milly Alcock’s Supergirl joins with Eve Ridley’s Ruthye to fight an evil intergalactic human trafficker The sexual politics of perceived female maturity has always been a problem in this particular set of superhero films. Quite why Kara Zor-El gets to be a “supergirl” while Kal-El gets to be a “superman”, despite not b…
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Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence … the heavyweight politicians stack up in this sincere biopic of the United States. It’s so pointedly wholesome it’s like drinking a kale smoothie on a wellness retreat The Netflix homepage describes The American Experiment to potential viewers unwilling to read more than four…
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A sinister new tablet threatens the honest-to-goodness toys’ existence, but Buzz, Woody and Jessie’s big tech moral battle feels compromised The fifth episode of the Toy Story franchise is as slick and smooth as you like, as glitchless as Toy Story 6 or Toy Story 7 might be … or will be. As a piece of family-entertainm…
- Saturday Night Live: Will Ferrell plays Jeffrey Epstein in strong season finale
The former cast member returns as host for a strong episode to close out what’s become a strong season with new faces coming into their own The season finale of Saturday Night Live’s 51st season kicks off in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), fresh from a three-day diplomatic visit to China…
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Young indie film-maker Kris tracks down Anderson’s Final Girl for a remake of a beloved horror, to find fantasy and reality collapsed Jane Schoenbrun unveils a very enjoyable display of transformative ecstasy and submissive rapture, treating us to a bizarre pop-cultural black mass of fiercely believed-in trash and kink…
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Rumens, whose column ran for nearly 20 years and developed a loyal readership, died this week aged 81 Carol was an excellent commentator on poetry, shrewd and deep-thinking but able to express her thoughts in plain English rather than academic jargon. Her taste in poems was eclectic and very original; one didn’t always…
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She co-wrote Gracie Abrams’ hit album then struck out solo, winning a fervent cult for her funny, wordy songs. As her tour hits the UK, she explains why imperfection is so important in pop Backstage at the Berlin venue Huxleys Neue Welt, Audrey Hobert is showing me around her dressing room. On the 27-year-old pop star’…
- The Invite review – A-list ensemble electrify hilarious couples night gone wrong comedy
Sundance film festival: Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton are exceptional in a smart and funny winner about sex, marriage and partner-swapping Not enough people managed to see last year’s self-billed “unromantic comedy” Splitsville , a shame for how tremendously entertaining it was and for what…
- I Want Your Sex review – vampy Olivia Wilde almost saves Gregg Araki’s tame dom-sub romp
As a provocative artist using sex to wield power, the actor is electric but the writer-director’s return to his campy, dayglo roots is largely underwhelming While Sundance is traditionally focused on the importance of looking to the future of American film, a lineup filled with more first-timers than any other major fe…